21/07/2023
2(j) local jurisdiction", in relation to a Court or Magistrate, means the local area within which the Court or Magistrate may exercise all or any of its or his powers under this Code 1 and such local area may comprise the whole of the State, or any part of the State, as the State Government may, by notification, specify];
999999. 1 Ins. by Act 45 of 1978, s. 2 (w. e, f, 18- 12- 1978 ).
(k) " metropolitan area" means the area declared, or deemed to be declared, under section 8, to be a metropolitan area;
(l) " non- cognizable offence" means an offence for which, and" non- cognizable case" means a case in which, a police officer has no authority to arrest without warrant;
(m) " notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(n) " offence" means any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force and includes any act in respect of which a complaint may be made under section 20 of the Cattle- trespass Act, 1871 (1 of 1871 );
(o) " officer in charge of a police station" includes, when the officer in charge of the police station is absent from the station house or unable from illness or other cause to perform his duties, the police officer present at the station- house who is next in rank to such officer and is above the rank of constable or, when the State Government so directs, any other police officer so present;